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Xalapa

Population: 387879 people.

Xalapa is the capital city of the Mexican state of Veracruz. The municipal seat of Xalapa is the city of Xalapa de Enríquez, named in honor of 19th-century Governor Juan de la Luz Enríquez. In everyday usage, however, the city is generally referred to by the shorter name Xalapa. Its name is pronounced [xaˈlapa] in Spanish and IPA: /həˈlɑːpə/ in English. It was called "La ciudad de las flores " (the City of Flowers) by Alexander Von Humboldt. Its name comes from the Nahuatl roots "Xalli" (sand) and "Apan" (water place), which approximately means "spring in the sand." This name is pronounced [ʃaˈlapan] in Nahuatl, though final is often omitted in Nahuatl pronunciation; the sound (like English 'sh') was written 'x' in the 16th century, but does not occur in modern Spanish (but is common for place names in Mexico), and its normal counterpart is the sound which is normally written 'j' in modern Spanish. The spelling Xalapa (like the word México) reflects the archaic spelling. "Jalapa" (like Méjico) is modernized and is used mostly by foreigners.

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